Saturday, March 31, 2012

Puberty Before Age 10: A New 'Normal'?

Puberty Before Age 10: A New 'Normal'?New York TimesBy ELIZABETH WEIL One day last year when her daughter, Ainsley, was 9, Tracee Sioux pulled her out of her elementary school in Fort Collins, Colo., and drove her an hour south, to Longmont, in hopes of finding a satisfying reason that Ainsley began ...New York Times

Helping Girls Through Early PubertyNew York Times (blog)Yes and no, and maybe — as Elizabeth Weil writes in Puberty Before Age 10: A New 'Normal'? for The New York Times Magazine, it depends on how you define puberty. “Well-respected researchers at three big institutions — Cincinnati Children's Hospital, ...

Budget makes late retirement the new normalCBC.caThe news was not unexpected, and for those of Generation X age or younger, it was simply more confirmation of what they've been told most of their lives: expect to work longer and retire poorer than your parents. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced ...CBC.ca

Flooding Risk Rises StatewideNew York TimesThe increased frequency of these flood-causing events has scientists wondering if this is the “new normal” for New Jersey, while public officials, engineers and insurance companies grapple with how to respond. “We don't know what normal is anymore,” ...New York Times

Thanks To E-Books, Book Publishers Find Flat Is The New UppaidContent.orgLarge book publishers' most recent earnings reports reflect a new normal: Revenues are roughly flat, but profits are up—in large part due to e-books. In the 2011 Bertelsmann annual report released this week, Random House said it has nearly 40000 ...

Counting the cost of cashing inSydney Morning HeraldTHRIFT is the new normal. Pummelled by insecurity over Europe's near meltdown and falling house prices, Australians are paying down their mortgages at record rates. In just four years, we have gone from being a nation intent on using rocketing home ...Sydney Morning Herald

The state budget: Winners and … winners?Crain's New York BusinessThe new normal is a budget that grows but at a much slower rate. Advocates adjusted their expectations accordingly. “On the goals we set for ourselves for this budget, we came out successful,” said Alliance for Quality Education Executive Director ...

Time for UnchangeAmerican ThinkerBy Randall Hoven If we use terms such as "the new normal" for the economy, what was the old normal? Was there even a "normal," or were things always turbulent or spiraling out of control? Believe it or not, the federal budget used to have a "normal.

3 Ways To Get Your Mojo Back After DivorceHuffington Post (blog)Give yourself a minute to heal and establish a new normal. You're used to being in a relationship, waking up next to someone, having someone to hang out with on weekends and holidays. The end of a relationship requires healing, and healing is not ...

Bond fund investors ride out market's bumpsMarketWatchIf the first quarter is any indicator, bond market behavior may finally reflect the “new normal” that Pimco's Bill Gross and others first started talking about a few years back. In the first three months of 2012, long-dated government debt funds fell ...MarketWatch

House prices soft – more to comeNinemsnThe report also suggested this was the “new normal” environment, with households likely to save more and lend less, and unlikely to fuel any rebound in house price growth. According to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), households have increased ...

Making Sense of the Wacky WeatherNew York Times (blog)“More recently, I've been saying: 'We may already be seeing examples of a new normal.'” In other words, scientists are getting bolder about linking the crazy weather patterns, and even specific events, to global warming caused by human activity.New York Times (blog)

Keeping cameras rolling in face of disasterThe Japan TimesOne foreign commentator called it the "most normal" film on the Yubari program, but actually the grotesque/bizarre, manga- and anime-influenced genre pic has become the new normal, especially among foreign J-film fans. I haven't been totally sorry to ...The Japan Times

Second finalist visits NCCCPlattsburgh Press Republican"We're in a new normal," he said. "We can't depend on old formulas any more to get where we want to go." Being realistic, Kosinski said, means knowing that state and federal government do not have financial resources they once had.

Winter is shrinkingNorthernLife.caIf this kind of weather is going to become the new normal, Williams said he may have to forgo his favourite winter activities. “That's part of what makes the winters in Sudbury enjoyable,” he said. “You get the snow you can go out and cross-country ski ...NorthernLife.ca

Deal breakerSalt Lake TribuneRecent agreements suggested that such compromise, under the All of the Above energy policies that leaders of both parties claim to embrace, could become the new normal. Unfortunately, it appears that another extractive enterprise — Denver's Gasco ...

Our View: Dueling deficitsPeoria Journal StarFor Democrats, deficits that once would have set records are the "new normal" for as far as the eye can see. The New York Times, of course, characterized the Ryan budget as "careless," citing his proposals to cut spending on Medicaid, food stamps, ...

Kosinski makes pitch to be NCCC presidentThe Adirondack Daily EnterpriseKosinski said less funding is the new normal in higher education. He said one way to address new budget shortfalls is to build better public and private partnerships. He said Gateway College worked with major hospitals in and around New Haven, Conn., ...

A new way to fight crimeThe MercuryIt's centralized, immediate and proactive. It could also become the new normal. Chester County native Chris Papst is an Emmy Award-winning reporter for CBS-21 news in Harrisburg who lives in Berks County. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter @chrispapst.

Survey: Business owners believe economy will never be same againMilwaukee Business JournalAt least half of the owners of small and midsize businesses surveyed recently believe the US economy will never be the same again. It's the view I hear over and over again on the streets. Whether you call it the “new normal” or a “reset,” it won't be ...

Just for living in your American skinPatheos (blog)Naturally they're defensive about any challenge towards this new normal they've invented. And you know, it connects to the hateful fucks who were pissed Rue was played by an actress of color. So many of the worst tweets were down right bitter that they ...

Report cards still up in the airCranbrook Daily Townsman"I don't think we'll see normal for a long time, I think we'll see a new normal," he said. Gook hopes the contract dispute will not interrupt students' learning again this school year. "We're always worried when there may be something that prevents ...

'S'poreans have moved beyond race issues'Yahoo! Singapore News (blog)These days, we are more into the sexy concepts such as owning a "First World Parliament" and establishing a "New Normal". And perhaps we should also look towards addressing the brewing xenophobia sentiment. Belmont Lay is one of the editors of New ...Yahoo! Singapore News (blog)

Falling jobless benefits behind slow income growthMarketWatchThe separate report showing a modest boost to consumer sentiment, even with gasoline prices on the rise, also is a positive sign. Read story on sentiment. It may not be great, and the situation is still fragile, but the US economy is finding a new normal.

ANZCA Bulletin out nowNew Zealand Doctor OnlineA year after New Zealand's devastating earthquakes, Christchurch anaesthetists are getting used to the "new normal". Christchurch Hospital's Department of Anaesthesia has fared remarkably well, with Clinical Director Dr Richard French saying all ...

Fulton plans seamless succession, leaders sayCentral Penn Business JournalWe got through that whole process and we are on the mend and back to inventing the new normal for the banking industry and this company and we're well on our way in that progress. What do you see as the main challenges over the next couple of years?

Chinese Small Caps 'Held In Contempt'Seeking AlphaMaybe a P/E of 2 or 3 is the new normal for these higher risk firms. One tool a company has at its disposal when valuations become too low is dividends. If enough the P/E ratio is low enough to provide very high yields for shareholders, ...

UBS cuts 15 as banks bid to solve equities puzzleFinancial News... in the European equities markets began the year on a low with the value traded across the public platforms in January down 16% year-on-year, according to Thomson Reuters, in a trend that market participants predicted would become the "new normal".Financial News

SHARING THE ROTCalcutta Telegraph... important states, its leaders are content. In today's India, corruption has become more evenly spread among political parties. This may explain why there is a political consensus against those in civil society who want to disrupt the cosy, new normal.Calcutta Telegraph

Not 1, Not 2, But 3 New Reports Out This Week Link Extreme ...By Daniel KesslerAnd if you think this new normal doesn't have consequences just look around. Here's two quick examples: Groesbeck, TX: The city of Groesbeck almost ran out of water completely in November 2011. The city had to spend $250000 to pipe ...Latest Items from TreeHugger

RPSD 2010 » Apple LaptopsBy tracybobApple notebooks are usually thought to be the new normal every time one is introduced. The newest to make a actual common could be the Apple Mac Pro 13-inch notebook. Of all the so-called Apple notebooks ever to be removed, your ...RPSD 2010

Climate change is already harshing the weather | GristWe don't seem to be grappling with the fact that this kind of volatility is rapidly becoming the new normal — or that we are totally unprepared. If the public does tune in to what little media coverage there is of the climate-weather connection, they ...Grist